SALE SHARKS won on their travels for the first time as a member club of the Premier 15s, extending DMP Sharks’ winless run.
It took both sides time to adapt to the conditions in the north-east as the first ten minutes drew no score, but the Sale pack provided the base for the visitors to get the game’s first points 16 minutes in.
Patient build-up from the forwards created an opening for tighthead prop Katie Houghton to clinch the try, which was converted by Katy Daley-Mclean.
The Welsh and Scottish international pairing of Lisa Neumann and Lucy Winter then combined to set up centre Laura Perr...